Interesting issues though, doesnt it, about the relationship in the family. You could end up in poverty as an elderly person. If you fall out with your kids and youve given them all your cash, were going to be debating that at the top of the show. Weve got sam fowles and Charlotte Griffiths here. First, though, the very latest News Headlines with sam francis. Francis. Very good morning to you from the newsroom. Its just after the newsroom. Its just after 9 30 and a recap of the headunes 9 30 and a recap of the headlines this hour. Rishi sunak has claimed todays fall in the rate of inflation down to 2. 3, is a major moment for the uk economy. Its down from the march figure of 3. 2, driven by lower gas and electricity bills. The slowdown, though, is not quite as big as experts had predicted, prompting uncertainty about when the bank of england will cut Interest Rates. The Prime Minister, though, says everything is heading in the right direction and inflation is back to normal. Now that is an important moment for our country, for the economy and shows that our plan is working now. Whilst i know people are only just starting to feel the benefits and there is more work to do, i hope this gives people confidence that if we stick to the plan, there are brighter days ahead. Brighter days ahead. However, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves has warned the government cant be taking a victory lap. This is about more than lines on a graph. Its about Family Finances. And the truth is, after 14 years of conservative government, working families and pensioners are still worse off. And the truth is, im much more ambitious for the country than rishi sunak and jeremy hunt seem to be. Well, as weve heard this morning, conservative mp Craig Mckinlay is returning to Parliament Today, eight months after he was rushed to hospital and placed in an induced coma. He had extreme surgery to remove both his hands and feet after contracting sepsis last year. The 57 year old has been fitted with prosthetics and told our Political Editor, chris hope, that hes looking forward to being known as the bionic mp. I am hoping people might give me the benefit of the doubt and say that mans been a fighter for himself. Hes damn well going to fight for me. Im going to give him my support. The bionic mp bionic mp is what i want to be. Paula vennells has arrived at the horizon inquiry this morning, with victims urging the former post office boss to come clean about failings. Wrongful prosecution of subpostmasters continued during her time in charge of the company between 2012 and 2015. Shes likely to be questioned about whether she lied to parliament about the faulty it system. And finally, faulty it system. And finally, tributes have been paid to a 73 year old british man who died dunng year old british man who died during severe turbulence on a flight from heathrow to singapore. Jeff kitchen suffered singapore. Jeff kitchen suffered a suspected heart attack and has been described as a gentleman with integrity. His wife was one of the passengers who was injured after the plane hit an air pocket and suddenly dropped. Air pocket and suddenly dropped. 71 people are still in hospital in thailand, where the flight was forced to divert. Despite the trauma, though, 143 passengers did make it on to another plane to complete their journey to singapore. Thats the journey to singapore. Thats the latest from the newsroom for now. For more, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen or go to gb news. Common alerts now, though, its more from andrew and bev. And bev. Good morning. 934 this is britains newsroom on gb news with me, bev turner and Andrew Pierce. Weve got some breaking news to start the programme. The bodies of two women have been found inside a house in nottingham. Police say the bodies had lain undiscovered for some time. Were sending our reporters to the scene and well have more on this later in the show. An extraordinary story about the conservative mp Craig Mackinlay, who returns to Parliament Today after his battle with sepsis. You may have seen the brilliant documentary that gb news did about this last night. Craig had extreme surgery that removed both his hands and feet, replacing them with prosthetics. So craig spoke and his wife spoke to gb news political edhon spoke to gb news Political Editor, chris hope, about his extraordinary journey and just a warning. The following report contains some sensitive images, but one day his life changed. Suddenly it was one of those days that will be etched on craigs memory for life. It was the end of september 2023. He was getting ready to go on houday was getting ready to go on holiday with his family. He started to feel unwell and unexpectedly , craig had unexpectedly, craig had contracted sepsis. So the grim reaper let me survive. But hes taken his payment in four of my limbs. But thats the way it is. Plenty of worse things happening. That is it. No way back. And, that is it. No way back. And, yes, it was very matter of fact. Yes, it was very matter of fact. He accepted that they black. Theyre not any use anymore. And theyre not any use anymore. And thats it. So he had a very long, very long operation. And long, very long operation. And he did come back , without those he did come back, without those black arms and legs. And by then i was fine. I just knew that is it. Thats the new, new future. New life begins when your body just isnt doing something you want it to do, and you think you can do it. I mean, when i had the skin grafts and theyre very painful. Funny how skin grafts been more painful than anything else. More painful than anything else. More painful than anything else. More painful than the amputation , and painful than the amputation, and just trying to transfer off the bed onto a wheelchair and youre sort of bouncing across and its sort of bouncing across and its so painful and you are in tears of frustration that this is just why is it so bad . Why isnt this why is it so bad . Why isnt this Getting Better . But no, ive been pretty much cheerful throughout. I just think im probably coming to the end of my tether of being under the care of an institution of the nhs for so long. Big sadness to me is holding little ones hand going to school. Cant do that anymore. We can hold sort of hold hands, but i cant feel that shes holding. Thats that shes holding. Thats a little specialness thats never coming back. You know that touch coming back. You know that touch of hands where its gone . Its being an mp. At the end of the being an mp. At the end of the day, i hope its about what you got up here rather than. Yeah knocking on every door, much as id like to, but. Yeah life will have to change. And if it means more time with family, that has got to be a change for the absolute good. And im looking forward to that. What an amazing man. If you missed the programme, its on gb News Youtube Channel. I would highly recommend you watch the whole thing. And Christopher Hopeis whole thing. And Christopher Hope is with us. I mean, ive known craig for a long time and id heard hed been so ill. But chris, extraordinary. His fortitude. Hes coming back to work. When you think how many tory mps are abandoning parliament cause they think they might lose their seat. Yeah and hes got a majority of 10 or 11,000. Might well leave the model of pubuc might well leave the model of public service, isnt it . And you set aside. Hes obviously not everyones cup of tea. Hes marmite. Hes on the erg. Hes one of 28 spartan tories who fought theresa mays deal. One of 28 spartan tories who fought theresa mays deal. He chairs the brexiteer. Brexiteer. Hes a Net Zero Scrutiny Group chairman. He doesnt like net zero much or he like he understands it, doesnt want to be imposed government diktats on people. But all that to one side. Hes lost his arms and legs and he wants to be fight and win his seat again in south thanet, becoming east thanet in a general election. Its a its a general election. Its a its a real moment, i think, to step back from politics in a week of poisoned blood. Paula vennells from the post office today. And look at this. People do as we look at this. People do as we know andrew and bev that you go into politics with a higher ideal into politics with a higher ideal, and hes demonstrating that. And its important to remember that and the time scale. So he was contracted sepsis in september and he doesnt know how he got it december 28th. Hes getting ready to go on houday hes getting ready to go on holiday to turkey. When you go on holiday you kind of think, well im feeling a bit peaky, but ill survive. Ill get ill get there and ill be ill on my sunbed. You dont want to give up and say im not well, we will be in there. Yeah. Hes got a wife and a little girl, wife and a little girl. Holiday started vomiting overnight. His wife caught his concern about it. Olivias four years old. Shes getting excited for the daughter for the for the holiday. They then call the ambulance. They think, well, its probably just a bit of something. Its like a flu or illness or something. Its not that serious. Shes a pharmacist. Shes concerned. Kills her brother in law whos a surgeon. They think get to hospital , gets hospital at ten. Hospital, gets hospital at ten. Next morning, he goes into septic shock. His body turns septic shock. His body turns blue induced coma, wakes up and his arms and legs are like theyve been dipped into tar. Its that quick. Its that quick. If youre not. If youre not. Yeah, and hes in a coma. 5 chance of living. You know, cottee had to say goodbye or and was asked is it worth carrying on and his limbs if you watch the film do you watch the film. Its extraordinary. His hands are like are like, like leathery, like hard leather. Yeah. And he woke up going, what has happened to me . And then the amputation happened in december in saint thomass. And the videos you saw there were when hes now outpatient in lambeth. Hes now outpatient in lambeth. I heard about this, of course, as a political journalist for gb news and thought, weve got to tell this guys story. So i went to sit with him in hospital, talk to him, and said, you know, i think you are you set yourself all your all politics, what youre doing now with going back into public life is extraordinary. Chris. You could relate to him in a way other political journeys couldnt because of your own daughter, pollyanna. Thats what my daughter is. An amputee, lost a leg at age two in a bus crash, and is now a dancer and is an adult 19 years old, speaks for herself and she she there she is. Campaigns on ableism, and she is someone who is got her own voice now, so i wont talk for her. But i do know what its like, having to deal with amputation , amputee deal with amputation, amputee and the drama and the difficulty of that. So i do feel personally stirred into action on this story. But its not really about me. Its about totally about craig and his wife. And today is a big day. Hes back to parliament. Hes back to parliament. Yeah, well be on. Were going to be shortly interviewing him for your program on gb news. He meets a speaker , before he meets a speaker, before Parliament Pmqs and then Keir Starmer Keir starmer is probably going to Say Something in pmqs about him. As i say, i think about him. As i say, i think like martin bell back in the day, he now sits almost outside of normal politics as somebody who is willing to carry on in pubuc who is willing to carry on in public life without arms and legs. And its a lesson to those legs. And its a lesson to those 65 tory mps who are giving up on this party, i think. I mean, its putting the politics to one side. Hes saying im going to keep serving the public despite my condition and thats amazing. It is amazing. It is amazing. And there are no other wheelchair bound mps in parliament. Ive only known one in all the years. Wheelchair bound. I mean, Robert Halfon has a kind of, scooter because of his his issues with mobility. I cant, issues with mobility. I cant, i cant. Yeah. And its not a particularly disabled friendly building. Its not. There are steps everywhere. There are steps everywhere. There are steps everywhere. Very old building with steps everywhere and not very many lifts. Hes lacking hands. So hes his legs are made by the nhs. His hands are about £100,000. Youll see them on camera there. They they were induced him on monday. Theyre metal. And he monday. Theyre metal. And he wants to call himself the bionic mp. The challenge he has got though bev and andrew, is when you meet somebody and in politics, you meet people all the time. What do you do . Do you shake hands . Do you fist bump . Shake hands . Do you fist bump . And when i met him and wasnt sure what to do because the touch you have when you meet somebody is so important in the First Contact with somebody, it is. So do you give them a hug or. Yeah, its amazing isnt it . I mean i arguably i think hell probably be a better mp in a sense because i do believe in that cliche. What doesnt kill you makes you stronger. Yeah it does. Well, i know that. And hes a changed man. Hes going to be a campaigner on sepsis and he knows what the nhs means. 48,000 people a year. 48,000 people a year. Well, look at these numbers. 48,000 deaths a year from sepsis more than lung, bowel and Breast Cancer combined. Now we all talk about those cancers. We never talk about sepsis. Talk about sepsis. You know, the launch of my book the other night, Michael Ashcroft was there. Lord ashcroft, he had sepsis. Did he in america really quick. They thought we were going to lose him. And he battled back. But him. And he battled back. But hes intact. Hes got all his limbs. Yes. Its very rare this happens. What happens to the body shuts down in septic shock. Body shuts down in septic shock. And all the effort by the body is to preserve the organs. So the limbs start dying off. Gosh. Gosh. Well , its gosh. Well, its an education, chris, and its a brilliant film. Well done. Honestly, well done filming it. And if you didnt watch it last night, i would urge you to go on to the gb News Youtube Channel and watch the whole documentary because its brilliant. Hes such a nice bloke. Hes such a nice bloke. Hes such a nice bloke. Hes such a nice bloke. He is really. He is really. I mean, ive always liked him. No, i love it. I do like him. I mean, hes campaigned with me. He beat nigel farage, of course he in the, he was one of the four people he set up ukip before farage. Yeah. Six months later farage joined. Hes a former leader of ukip and he was put up by the tories to fight farage and beat him in 2015. Yeah, yeah, hes got us. I mean , again, putting got us. I mean, again, putting politics to one side, whatever you think about politics and viewers will have different views of tories or whatever. But forget that. Heres a guy who wants to be an mp without any without any arms and legs, and that deserves everyones applause. Absolutely well done. And chris will be talking to Craig Mckinley at westminster a little later in the program. Up next, though, ann robinson, tv presenter. She was robinson, tv presenter. She was famously known for hosting the weakest link. Of course, shes given her £50 million fortune to her family to avoid inheritance tax after she died. She doesnt want the tax man to have it. Is it a smart move or deeply unethical . This is britains newsroom on gb news. Begum morning 948. So, tributes have been paid to a 73 year old british man who died yesterday dunng british man who died yesterday during severe turbulence on a flight from heathrow to singapore. Jeff kitchen suffered a suspected heart attack and has been described as a gentleman with integrity. So joining us now in the studio is barrister sam fowles, an editor at large at the mail on sunday. Charlotte griffiths, sam , it Charlotte Griffiths, sam, it was breaking yesterday. We were on air. This news and its really shocking because it wasnt a plane crash. Nothing wasnt a plane crash. Nothing went catastrophically wrong except turbulence , which were except turbulence, which were all used to, resulting in terrible injuries and the death of this poor man. Does it change the way you feel about flying . Well, to be honest, i was already a bit scared of flying. I didnt, i didnt go on a plane until i was in my late teens, which means i never went through that fearless phase. I just the first time i was on, i was old enough to appreciate why it was dangerous and why it was scary. So ive always been a bit scared of flying, and the fact that its the fact that nothing went wrong, the fact that this is this could happen to anyone. It could happen anywhere, and it has. Well, not just not just terrifying consequences, but catastrophic consequences for this one poor guy. Absolutely. And his family. Absolutely. And his family. Charlotte, how about you never flying again . Flying again . Im never flying again. Oh, well, actually, my husbands going to save lots of money because im never flying anywhere tropical again. Really . Lucia . No. Singapore i went to singapore on my honeymoon. Actually, on this exact flight , actually, on this exact flight, i honestly, i dont think id ever do it again now. Really . Because of this . Yeah because of this. Ive already got. I bet like you, im already a little bit afraid of flying. So i think i could do a short more likely to die in a car crash on the way to die in a car crash on the way to the airport than you are to die in this way. My husband tells me that a lot. And because im always sort of complaining as i get on a plane going, oh darling, were going to die. But i just somehow, although thats true, i just dont believe it. You know, when you get in the plane, if youre a bit afraid of flying, that all that logic goes out the window and you just live in fear. If they the people whove suffered most injuries, will. The people who are not wearing their seat belts. Yeah. And they do encourage you to keep the seatbelt on the whole plane. And actually i do. Do you just take it off when i go the whole time. And i have done for years, because if you do fall asleep and theres turbulence, theyre going to wake you up. And i just think its just easier. Yes. I think well, this was a rea